Travel via Car

At the end of the motorway, keep to the right, go over a flyover, then through some underpasses to join the A38 Bristol Road. The University is on your right, two and a half miles from the City Centre.

Approaching from the M42 North:

Leave at Junction 8 to join the M6 Northbound and follow the instructions above.

Approaching from the South-West:

Leave the M5 at Junction 4 signposted Birmingham SW to join the A38.

The University is approximately eight miles from the motorway.

Approaching from the M40:

It is easier to turn south on the M42 and leave at Junction 1, heading north on the A38 Bristol Road. The University is approximately eight miles from the motorway.

Parking
Guests arriving before 18.00 Monday to Friday will need to park in the University’s North East Car Park on Pritchatts Road, B15 2SA. This is a Pay and Display car park.

Parking is available around the university campus free of charge after 18.00 on weekdays, and all day on weekends. This is accessible via the university’s East Gate, on Edgbaston Park Road.

Travel via Rail

Most CrossCountry Rail services to Birmingham call at Birmingham New Street Station.
From New Street there are frequent trains to The University of Birmingham's own stop - 'University' - the second stop (6 minutes) on the Cross-City Line, out towards Longbridge and Redditch. The centre of the main University campus is a five-minute walk from University Station.

Travel via Taxi

There are taxi ranks at Birmigham New Street Station and throughout the City Centre. The journey to the University takes about 10 minutes.

Travel via Bus

Numbers 61, X62 and 63 run frequently from the City Centre to the conference location at the University’s Edgbaston campus. Online bus timetables for 61, X62 and 63 are available on the National Express West Midlands website.
There is a travel information office outside Birmingham New Street Station, where you can obtain bus timetables and departure point information. Maps indicating bus stop locations can be found throughout the City Centre.